| Broadcast area | Austin metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1440 kHz |
| Branding | KELG 1440AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | SpanishChristian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
|
| KOKE,KTXZ | |
| History | |
First air date | April 1, 1980 |
Call sign meaning | KELGin |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 800watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | type:city30°19′36.00″N97°32′35.00″W / 30.3266667°N 97.5430556°W /30.3266667; -97.5430556 |
KELG is anAustin, Texas, radio station, licensed toManor, Texas, and is owned by Encino Broadcasting.
KELG signed on the air on April 1, 1980 as the sole radio station licensed toElgin, Texas. The station was founded by a local group of Elgin, Texas business owners headed by Fred Lundgren. Lundgren also headed a group that moved KCAA (the one-time 1050 at Big Bear, California) toLoma Linda, California.
KELG was sold on March 4, 1982 to Longcrier Communications (Steven Longcrier).
In 1985, Longcrier soldKELG to Jose Jaime Garcia, Sr.
Garcia, Sr also foundedKMXX 102.3 MHz in August 1976.
KELG 1440 kHz was the first AM full-time to service the Austin Hispanic community. Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation would later add an FM radio station on August 14, 1992 KKLB 92.5 MHz – Elgin, Texas known as "Club 92.5FM". On September 1, 1994, it would acquireKTXZ 1560 kHz – Westlake Hills, Texas then known as "Austin's Original Tejano Music Station" and finally on March 29, 2000 it acquiredKFON 1490 kHz – Austin, Texas then known as Sportsfan 1490”.
In 1997,KELG completed a major upgrade to increase power and to change the city of license from Elgin, Texas to Manor, Texas.
After nearly 20 years of operations, Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation, owners ofKKLB,KTXZ,KELG andKFON sold all four radio stations to Border Media Partners on January 3, 2005 for $19,000,000.
KELG was purchased by Encino Broadcasting LLC, along withKOKE, andKTXZ on September 24, 2007 for $5.5 million.[1]
30°19′36″N97°32′35″W / 30.32667°N 97.54306°W /30.32667; -97.54306
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